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Disney’s Raya and the Last Dragon Offers Avatar: Seven Havens Fans a Similar Fantasy Adventure
A young girl rides her trusted animal companion across the apocalyptic desert of a shattered world. What is she looking for? What happened to this world? Will she be the one to save it? When I first saw the early trailer for Avatar: Seven Havens, Pavi was riding her cat-monkey Geet through the Harshlands. It...
GameMaker Engine to Become Free for Everyone
Starting January 1, 2027, GameMaker will be free for commercial use on PC, mobile and the web. Developers will be able to make and sell games without buying a Professional license. GameMaker is a popular engine for 2D games. Its users include Toby Fox, the creator of Deltarune, as well as the developers of Shelldivers...
15 Years On, Batman: Arkham City Is Still Batman’s Last Gaming Masterpiece
Batman: Arkham Asylum arrived in 2009, an era when superhero games were mostly treated as throwaway movie tie-ins. A few, such as X-Men Origins: Wolverine, were decent, but the majority were either forgettable or outright dreadful. Arkham Asylum broke the mold. It was built on an original concept from Paul Dini, the acclaimed Batman writer...
“Clayface” Tops the U.S. Box Office
The horror film Clayface claimed the top spot at the North American box office, earning roughly $24 million over its opening weekend. The DC Studios picture centers on one of Batman’s adversaries and marks Warner Bros.’ first notable box office win in some time. With a budget of around $40 million, the film is off...
Clayface Tops Box Office Weekend, Giving Skydance Its Second Straight Win
Clayface opened at No. 1 at the box office. Early estimates put the lower-budget horror film’s weekend gross at $24.5 million. Skydance, the company created when Paramount and Warner Bros. merged, has now topped the box office for two straight weeks. How did Clayface perform in its opening weekend? Deadline reported the $24.5 million figure....
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War IV Set for December Release as Developers Detail Content
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War IV will include four campaigns, 70 missions, four playable factions, and dozens of hours of gameplay. Developers at KING Art Games have shared new details about the strategy game. The studio, known for Iron Harvest, promises large-scale battles and challenges in the grim universe of Warhammer 40,000. Players can lead...
Mass Effect Universe Director Reveals Canceled Game’s Multiverse System
The Mass Effect project that BioWare scrapped was set to be far more than a single “universe.” Romain Toutain, who has served as Mass Effect technical director at BioWare since 2022, streamed on Twitch on Saturday while reacting to the leaked trailer for the franchise’s next entry, Mass Effect Universe. He talked through the lore,...
Overwatch Co-Creator Delays The Legend of California’s Early Access Release to 2027
Jeff Kaplan and Tim Ford, both veterans of Overwatch, are now building a survival game called The Legend of California at their new studio, Kintsugiyama. The game was originally expected to reach Steam Early Access in 2026. A recent r/pcgaming Reddit AMA confirmed that the launch has slipped to 2027. What caused the delay for...
Five Post-Apocalyptic Books About The End Of The World
Stories about the end of the world are rarely just about watching civilization collapse. They ask what people try to save, what they will do to survive, and whether anything better can grow from the ruins. Apocalyptic fiction can be harrowing, absurd, or even comforting. However inhospitable the setting, the human struggle at its center...
Sony Steps Up Crackdown on PS5 Hacking, Putting Users’ PSN Access at Risk
Owners of hacked PS5 consoles report problems accessing PlayStation Network and worry their consoles could be banned. Sony has not been confirmed to be running a mass ban campaign. Sony continues to patch vulnerabilities in the PS5 system software. Users who have applied software modifications risk restrictions, because information about the hack is stored in...
Rockstar Games Funds Free BAYO Block Party in Little Haiti Amid GTA 6 Miami Promotions
DJ Michaël Brun has announced that the 10th anniversary edition of BAYO in Miami will be free to attend, and Rockstar Games will cover the full cost of all tickets. To enter the draw for a chance to attend, submit an entry. The initiative is part of the GTA 6 marketing campaign. Contents What Is...
Xbox One Version of Minecraft Launched on iPhone
The fan-made tool Utsuro runs Minecraft: Xbox One Edition on iPhone, and Sonic Mania and Rocket League on Mac. The fan project lets users run Xbox One games on iPhone and Mac without emulating the console’s hardware. It is at an early stage of development. The project’s author has shown the first results. According to...
Calvin and Hobbes Comics Show Calvin’s Quirky Genius Through Vocabulary
Calvin and Hobbes arrived at the right time to influence a generation of creators, and many of them went on to make comic strips of their own. Along with other seminal ’90s newspaper comics like Bloom County/Outland, its linework, flexibility and imagination visibly inspired many of the artists behind the 2000s webcomics boom. While rereading...
Wo Long 2 Testers Report Problems, With Half of Participants Voicing Complaints
Team Ninja has promised to fix the problems in Wo Long 2: Wings of Ember following player criticism, particularly over the PC version’s optimization. In an official statement, Team Ninja acknowledged that the game’s alpha version suffered from numerous bugs. Players also criticized the combat system, the co-op mode, and online gameplay. According to a...
Xbox Misses Revenue Target for Fifth Time in Six Years
Xbox content and services revenue fell instead of rising 4.3% as planned, leaving senior executives, including the company’s chief executive, without part of their bonuses. For the fifth time in six years, Xbox missed the financial targets tied to Microsoft executive bonuses. Instead of the expected growth, the gaming division’s content and services revenue dropped...
First Details Emerge on EA’s Mysterious Project Gridiron
EA is preparing an unusual American football project that aims to bring more people to its sports games through social interaction and open-world matches. According to media reports, Electronic Arts is developing Project Gridiron, a standalone open-world American football game with shared exploration of locations and short matches. A first showing is tentatively planned for...
Disney’s Raya and the Last Dragon Offers Avatar: Seven Havens Fans a Similar Fantasy Adventure
A young girl rides her trusted animal companion across the apocalyptic desert of a shattered world. What is she looking for? What happened to this world? Will she be the one to save it? When I first saw the early trailer for Avatar: Seven Havens, Pavi was riding her cat-monkey Geet through the Harshlands. It...
GameMaker Engine to Become Free for Everyone
Starting January 1, 2027, GameMaker will be free for commercial use on PC, mobile and the web. Developers will be able to make and sell games without buying a Professional license. GameMaker is a popular engine for 2D games. Its users include Toby Fox, the creator of Deltarune, as well as the developers of Shelldivers...
15 Years On, Batman: Arkham City Is Still Batman’s Last Gaming Masterpiece
Batman: Arkham Asylum arrived in 2009, an era when superhero games were mostly treated as throwaway movie tie-ins. A few, such as X-Men Origins: Wolverine, were decent, but the majority were either forgettable or outright dreadful. Arkham Asylum broke the mold. It was built on an original concept from Paul Dini, the acclaimed Batman writer...
“Clayface” Tops the U.S. Box Office
The horror film Clayface claimed the top spot at the North American box office, earning roughly $24 million over its opening weekend. The DC Studios picture centers on one of Batman’s adversaries and marks Warner Bros.’ first notable box office win in some time. With a budget of around $40 million, the film is off...
Clayface Tops Box Office Weekend, Giving Skydance Its Second Straight Win
Clayface opened at No. 1 at the box office. Early estimates put the lower-budget horror film’s weekend gross at $24.5 million. Skydance, the company created when Paramount and Warner Bros. merged, has now topped the box office for two straight weeks. How did Clayface perform in its opening weekend? Deadline reported the $24.5 million figure....
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War IV Set for December Release as Developers Detail Content
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War IV will include four campaigns, 70 missions, four playable factions, and dozens of hours of gameplay. Developers at KING Art Games have shared new details about the strategy game. The studio, known for Iron Harvest, promises large-scale battles and challenges in the grim universe of Warhammer 40,000. Players can lead...
Mass Effect Universe Director Reveals Canceled Game’s Multiverse System
The Mass Effect project that BioWare scrapped was set to be far more than a single “universe.” Romain Toutain, who has served as Mass Effect technical director at BioWare since 2022, streamed on Twitch on Saturday while reacting to the leaked trailer for the franchise’s next entry, Mass Effect Universe. He talked through the lore,...
Overwatch Co-Creator Delays The Legend of California’s Early Access Release to 2027
Jeff Kaplan and Tim Ford, both veterans of Overwatch, are now building a survival game called The Legend of California at their new studio, Kintsugiyama. The game was originally expected to reach Steam Early Access in 2026. A recent r/pcgaming Reddit AMA confirmed that the launch has slipped to 2027. What caused the delay for...
Five Post-Apocalyptic Books About The End Of The World
Stories about the end of the world are rarely just about watching civilization collapse. They ask what people try to save, what they will do to survive, and whether anything better can grow from the ruins. Apocalyptic fiction can be harrowing, absurd, or even comforting. However inhospitable the setting, the human struggle at its center...








